The Osnaburg Bar
Friday 15th April 2009
Personal feedback by,
Mary Cunningham SP Co-founder/Investigator.

Investigators in Attendance:

Scottish Paranormal had returned to the Osnaburg Bar in Forfar after performing an investigation there last year February 2008. We decided that another visit was in order since Scottish Paranormal have taken the step forward in using only our equipment and logical thinking on investigations. We had received a good deal of information from our last visit so we wanted to go back and try again and maybe come up with something else.

We arrived at The Osnaburg Bar around 11:40pm so we needed to wait until the bar staff ushered the last customers out the door before we could go in. I was hoping it would be a good night as I remembered last time we were there we had some activity happen regarding a door opening and closing allegedly on its own. On further investigation it was decided that a former member of the team may have opened the door but could not remember doing it, this event we have since thrown out because of this. When we came back for this investigation we checked the doors in question again and pinpointed that it was in fact one of the toilet doors that made the very same sound that we picked up on the camcorder. The camcorder however, had not been in a position to see if anyone had come out of the toilet at the time, as we tested the door I am convinced the noise from it is the exact same spring type noise, the kind that keeps the door in the closed position for fire safety regulations.

Main Bar Area.
We started off in the main bar area of the pub and Mark was informing us that his camera batteries were acting up which he found strange because the batteries were fully charged before he left his house, we took a note of this. About 5 or 10 minutes after start off we all heard a loud noise coming from the lounge area, as we went through to find out what it was we discovered it was only the coffee machine so Pam turned it off completely. We went back through to the main bar where Ryan continued to call out and waited for any responses back to his questions. Using the name “Harry” …although I didn`t hear anything myself, Ryan, Pam and Derek heard a couple of knocks from around the back of the bar. Ryan then moved closer with an analogue voice recorder and asked a few more questions but again, I heard no response. I was quite happy to record the investigation with my camcorder but unfortunately, I didn`t manage to pick up the earlier two knocking noises, I think I was too far away being at the opposite end of the bar from where Ryan was. I then gave Ryan my camcorder in order that I could continue to call out while standing closer to the middle of the bar using the analogue voice recorder. I asked out loud if Harry was here in the bar and also let it be known to him that the bottle of Whiskey sitting on the bar was for him, we were informed earlier by Pam that this was his favourite tipple.I had placed the Whiskey -which Derek had kindly loaned to us- on the bar earlier where apparently Harry was known to sit beside on his favourite stool when he was alive and frequented to pub. Mark was monitoring the bottle of Glenmorangie Whiskey with the thermal laser gun as I asked the questions, we got some natural changes but no major fluctuations of temperature were detected on the Whiskey bottle or, on the other target experiments I set up in the other side of the room….. we decided to move on to the next room.

The Lounge Area.
The lounge area we used as our base room like we did last time and I chose to sit beside the laptop in the corner while using my camcorder. Jim sat over by the bar to my right on a stool taking any notes, Mark was sitting in the mid section of the lounge and he was using his camcorder, pointing it straight in front of him to monitor any movement that might occur in the small corridor where it was reported that a dark shadow had been seen passing by the lounge doors. Pam had also seen part of a dark shadowy figure on a different occasion heading towards the double lounge doors. Ryan started to call out and he was using an analogue voice recorder again. Pam sat quietly across from me as we listened for any responses to Ryan`s questions. We could hear people passing by outside at one point but they quickly went away leaving us in silence once again. After spending about 10 to 15 minutes in the lounge we decided to move on.

The Cellar.
I didn’t hold up much hope on capturing anything in the cellar as it was just far too noisy because of the machinery in there gurgling away loudly and continuously, this was the major reason why we didn`t place any audio devices down in this particular area, there simply wouldn`t be any point in it but we did set up an IR camera to monitor the area for any movement. However!…at the opposite end of the cellar it was a little quieter so we tried some calling out while using the analogue recorder for about 10 minutes. Nothing much to note down except Ryan kept thinking he could see something at the far end of the cellar where we had just come from, I think he put it down to his eyes trying to adjust and playing tricks on him. I myself didn`t feel much happening in this area at all but, with me standing so close to electric machinery that was giving off relatively high EMF (Electro Magnetic Field) readings I could feel a slight headache and nausea coming on which is only natural. I don`t recall any of others in the group complaining of feeling unwell while in the cellar.

Notes:
I’m not sure if this is connected or not but thought it worth mentioning. Last year while I was sorting through the film footage with Bryan Boyle in it, I came across what I thought was an English woman`s voice saying something (can`t make it out though) after Bryan says “ Something is trying to come through me and it`s “gutteral” he then says “it`s like…it`s like….hang on!” then we hear the womans voice come in. During this time last year after we all got home I asked Emma, who had been using the camcorder at the time, what this voice could have been, was it hers? and she thought it was coming from outside, if this was the case then why didn’t any the rest of us hear this? nobody in the room responds to it or comments on it for the sake of the digital recorders which we normally do to aid us when listening back for any evp’s.

I thought how funny it was to capture a voice this time around too that sounds like an English woman’s voice again, in the exact same area as before. Now I’m not saying this is paranormal but, it does seem strange to me. When you watch the complimentary video of Bryan I put together for you, look out for that part and decide for yourselves, it`s not far into the video when it happens.

I think this is a fantastic location and will remember it for a long time to come as being one of the best investigations we have been on. I`d like to thank Derek and Pam for making us so welcome…cheers guys!